(i know its been a while again sorry for taking long to reply again using friends email finally to reply again :) HI Scooter Sadly as was saying in first post that is not an option to make a new Yahoo account .... as i used the email as verification and it gives you this weird account that is almost like a server proxy thing .. and not a proper account . and as was sayign in first mail and in others i have never and do not put my mobile phone or home number ever on the net so sadly :( It looks like i can not have a yahoo account and i can not use flicr ever as i can't join without a mobilenumber // the Option it gives you just so others know to use youur ' email as verificatoin ' you will get it it wil activate but you will not get a normal yahoo account you get one asking about other things and no in box or anything .. so that is not a yahoo email account as such .. it seems the Only way yahoo will let you join is if you give your mobile so i can not do that .... i really did want to use flickr and have a yahoo account as you need one to use that as well but i can't .. So that is not the hopeful outcome i was hoping would be just changing a setting in this other account i made but that is not working so that should be said in the URL that was sent in the steps that if you do Verify with emailusing the steps at https://help.yahoo.com/kb/account/sln2056.html and say " i'd rather use my email instead' you will NOT get an account you will get almost a proxy or other type of account not normal yahoo' i thin that should be added so that peopel know that you can Not join at all yahoo mail or ( flickr without yahoo mail you will get a account that will always open with " Welcome to Yahoo Mail You're signed in as **Username Protected**@gmx.com. You can receive and organize your emails using Yahoo Mail. Tell us your provider to get started. " and is not normal account but almost like a pop or proxy or seomthing server using yahoo instead if you use email verification ) but you can not join nYahoo mail without submitting your phone number to the internet or cloud and everywhere else.. i DO thank EVERYONE for your help especially TIDUS and Scooter for the information . i will go now and delete this account this afternoon after work and i will have to find what other peopel use instead of flicke and i was not wishting to join gmx or any other mails that dont require it as i did want Yahoo but seems that is not optional .. only with a Phone number .. so be nice if i read that in the steps i would not have tried i would have still be very dissapointed as i am now i would have known was not option as saidin step for email makes it seems like you can do withour phone number on the net . and i would not have bothered you good peopel for help :) thank you again i do appreciate this very much .. thank yo Tidus and Thank you Scooter. and i hope other ones that wish to jjoin but can not for privacy reasons wish to putphone numbers or credit cards on net ( if not a safety lock and non 3rd party sharing ) can one day be able to use flickr and have a yahoo account :) have a great Christamas holdisay everyone and thank you for all your time and help again :) smiles * Sasha :)
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P s i say a 'bleep ' came out/?? i said I can't not change this account ' i am not sure why that said bleep i hope this does not .. as i never swore or said anythning bad .. that was odd . :) lol what happened then must have misinterpreted what i wrote as i can not or i can't change this account was all i said but reads with a bleep ????? bit of a mystery ?
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so if i understand correctly i can Never change this to a standard account then ? or every have a Yahoo account unless i am willing to put up on the net my phone number ? is that correct just confirming as if so as dissapointing as it is as wanted a yahoo and to be able to go on flickr maybe also . But if i have to use a phone number and not the step 3 as in directions were says you can use emali and verify but it makes this odd weird account . Can i not ever change this now ? if so on confimation i will sadly have to delete that account and find a provider and miss out on flickr that does not require a 'phonenumber' its a shame and it says you can in the sign up use ' email address insted ' but does nt' say on the url scooter left that you wil not get a normal account and that was what i used to sign up in first place. thank you gain for all your help an i am SO sorry i have not been able to reply as i have not been able to and trying every 2nd day to get back to you with this 'unexpected fix error highlighted' and nonthing every is so tryign this way kindly using friend account as i really wish to get my thanks to you and also scooter and confirm with you that this aco**bleep** acan not be changed to standard as it has signed me up somehow weird by me using the email verification code as it said i could is that right i can never have a yahoo acount or change this one to normal ? thanks again for all your help :) Sasha : )
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hello i have been tryign to reply every since the day you posted the last message but keep getting error unexpect fix hightlighted but nothing is hightlited so ? i am in desparation finaly using a friends email they have kindlylogged in and let me reply i hope you get this and scooter also but you as you answered last i will send this one if goes will do answer .. ( fingers crossed :)
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Oh p. s please Tidus how do i change it to get to a 'basic classic' type account from this looking url .. please let me know if you need screenshot i will take one and find a place to upload it if you need it . thanks again
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Hello Scooter; I looked at the page url you sent i joined up like that but used step 3. ( using email address ) and the above is what I have ended up with so .. i have just replied to Tidus as i don't sseem to have any of the 'normal' suggested ones I have no idea then why that is like it is .. so if i rejoing again i will get the same thing i think as i did join up that way but used point 3 rather than phone ( as i was saying i never ever put my mobile number on internet..) So does this mean this email address is now useless and should be deleted as it is never going to be normal or can i swap this to one of the accounts Tidus is mentioning? or should i just delete it and start over and re do it fear though same thing will happen as i did the same steps as the url at the url same looking page except i did use step 3 not the number in that url . thank you for helping also i am very still confused .
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Dear Tidus Thanks again for helping me with my problem it says on the address bar exactly this https://mail.yahoo.com/?reason=IMAP_UPSELL_PAGE_EMAIL I do not see that in your list what does this mean please ? thank you again for your help i can do a screen shot if needed for opening to look at it if needed.. thank you again for helping
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Dear Tidus Thanks again for helping me with my problem it says on the address bar exactly this https://mail.yahoo.com/?reason=IMAP_UPSELL_PAGE_EMAIL I do not see that in your list what does this mean please ? thank you again for your help i can do a screen shot if needed for opening to look at it if needed.. thank you again for helping
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Dear Tidus ; Thank you for trying to help me . I do have the latest Firefox i just updated it last week but went and checked again to update but said i had the latest version already .. the only other clue i can give is when I log in and go to mail .. it says after a flash of inbox sent and something list liek my friends and long ago mine other old one ... it says.. " --------------------- Welcome to Yahoo Mail You're signed in as ((My Email is listed in here blah blah .com ) You can receive and organize your emails using Yahoo Mail. Tell us your provider to get started. Google Oulook AOL ------------------- so i am wondering now if only saying i would rather do by email ... that is is asking to be like a pop server thing rather than my email public? i have never put mmy phone number on the net and don't want to . so i thougth that was ok but seems if you join that way this is what is happening . my friend sais ( she did use a phone number) she got her code by text by choice and then hers never said anything like this only just opened normal and she has had hers about 4 weeks .. so i am thinking maybe i have if you join without phone and say ' i would rather use my current email address' i thought this was to verify and security and it did send me a code But i am wondering very much if it is when you say that maybe they don't mean ' use my current email ' maybe they mean something else .. but i dont want to open more accounts in my name to check if it happens again as i dont think it would let me anyway ... i haev also now checked this on another computer yesterday and it looks the same on their computer so i am more confused now . as her computer hers is normal i use it ... and mine is still like this .. i do not know if you have ever seen this message above but that is what i get all the time and have as i was saying no settings and it always opens up to that message page above. I wish i could give you more clues or help or hints if i can tell you any more please ask as i don't know how to fix this now i do very much want a yahoo account but i can't seem to understand the difference or if maybe we are never ever allowed to join using emails anymore i know lots of places do not like gmail and hotmail i chose yahoo because i wanted a yahoo address but also i had that choice ( or so i thought) to verify its really me without giving a phone number over the net. . If i can tel you any things more or you have anny more suggestions for me to try please let me konw i will do it and try .. thank you so muc for trying ot help me as i do need help i do not understand it as when i last had public mails no phone numbers were needed just your email so I am very confused. thanks again Tidus. And if any one else has any help suggestions or has seen this or knows if this is odd or normal or i have signed up to something by using no phone number i can't have a normal account or any other help please let me know . its very frustrating and confusing to me.. will give any other informatino requested to help with it if needed. thank you again tidus again any other help hints or suggestoins i will try and now i knowis same on two comptuers that one does use yahoo its even More odd. ...
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Hello ; This may seem silly as i have not had a yahoo account for a long long time. I just signed up to yahoo mail but as i never ever used phone numbers on the net. it is now requiring a phone number i did not wish to do this . So i said ' prefer to use current email ' i did this with other email and the account was made. however . Now unliike normal yahoo mail I can not get to inbox or such i get a ' flash ' of it on sign in . Also when i press the gear for settings I literally have no filters or any normal settings i see on the websites and help sites and youtubes i have tried to watch . Does this mean if you do not have a phone number verification that this is now ' Only ' a sort of proxy address for the other email address i put in ? i thougth that was just for verificatoin code that i got. seems now i am signing in with that and i can not get any of the ' normal features. How can i make this a 'normal ' account please or get those ' 1 second inbox and normal things to be showing up as normal like a normal yahoo account like my friends one looks please. Any help appreicated as i do not want a proxy type of email i need a normal account and i am not sure what is going on at the moment with this account . thank you for your help . :) and reading .
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